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Having problems with your Gateway 500 X PC Desktop ?

We had a power outage today while my desktop was on. When we got power back I started the computer but it won't start up and just goes to power saver mode. I opened up the tower and the green light on the power supply came on once but now it wont come on at all. Is the power supply bad?

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Power outage means your power supply has blown. If you have a spare try and change that and see what happens.

The way this guy talks though, that may be a problem for him to do himself, but once you do have it repaired. ADD a AVR UPS on there, most likely a 1000VA unit.

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